Fabio Blondus de Montealto
Italian religious and patriarch

Fabio Blondus de Montealto

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Italian religious and patriarch
A.K.A.
Fabio Blondus de Montealto
Gender:
Male
Places:
Italy
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PatriarchCleric
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Religion
Birth:
(Montalto delle Marche)
Death:
(Rome)
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Fabio Blondus de Montealto or Fabio Biondi (died 6 December 1618) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Patriarch of Jerusalem (1588-1618).

Biography

On 8 January 1588, Fabio Blondus de Montealto was appointed by Pope Sixtus V as Patriarch of Jerusalem. On 17 January 1588, he was consecrated bishop by Scipione Gonzaga, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo with Giovanni Battista Albani, Patriarch of Alexandria, and Girolamo Bevilacqua, Archbishop of Nazareth, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Patriarch of Jerusalem until his death on 6 December 1618.

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:

  • Alexeu de Jesu de Meneses, Archbishop of Goa (1595);
  • Miguel Rangel, Bishop of Angola e Congo (1596);
  • Maffeo Barberini, Archbishop of Nazareth (1604);
  • Giacomo Candido (bishop), Bishop of Lacedonia (1606);
  • Michelangelo Tonti, Archbishop of Nazareth (1608);
  • Giovanni Francesco Leoni, Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita (1608);

and the principal co-consecrator of:

  • Owen Lewis (bishop), Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio (1588);
  • Vincenzo Serafino, Bishop of Teano (1588);
  • Bonaventura Secusio, Latin Patriarch of Constantinople (1599);
  • Juan Esteban Ferrero, Bishop of Vercelli (1599);
  • Matteo Zane, Patriarch of Venice (1601);
  • Alessandro di Sangro, Latin Patriarch of Alexandria (1604);
  • Alfonso Manrique, Archbishop of Burgos (1604);
  • Leone Fedeli, Bishop of Lavello (1605);
  • Angelo Rocca, Titular bishop of Thagaste (1605);
  • Denis Delfino, Bishop of Vicenza (1606);
  • Octavius Saraceni, Bishop of Sovana (1606);
  • Francesco Vendramin, Patriarch of Venice (1608);
  • Tiberio Muti, Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania (1612);
  • Alessandro Ludovisi, Archbishop of Bologna (1612);
  • Porfirio Feliciani, Bishop of Foligno (1612);
  • Pier Paolo Crescenzi, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo (1612); and
  • Francesco Sacrati (cardinal), Archbishop of Damascus (1612).